However, Donovan Delaney hit a clutch 3-pointer that sent the Golden Falcons to overtime and they dominated the Huskies from there for a 56-46 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 victory.

“The biggest thing we’ve been talking about and emphasized tonight was finishing games,” Falconer head coach Jordan Goold stated. “Really focused on the league, the Fredonia and Dunkirk games we just have to finish the games. We’re two possessions away from 5-1 and we found ourselves in the position tonight and that was the message. Saying finish, finish, finish and overtime they dominated.”

Not only did Falconer dominate the overtime period, but it was nearly perfect, outscoring Olean 11-1 and carrying the offensive load for Falconer was star junior Roger Markham. While Delaney sent the game to overtime, Markham finished things up scoring 7 of his 22 points in overtime, hitting five free throws in the period.

“Defense won us the game,” Goold stated. “We made a little push in the second and then we really locked in for the second half. We played some winning level defense, we dominated overtime defensively and offensively.”

Falconer’s D’Mitri Carlson goes for a layup against Olean during CCAA Division 1 action on Thursday. P-J photo by Steve Garvey

Olean jumped out to an early lead, outscoring the Golden Falcons 18-9 in the first quarter. Then Falconer limited the Huskies to single-digit scoring in both the second and third quarter.

The Huskies (1-3, 0-2) were led by Mykel Rivera with 15 points, while Delaney finished with 10 points for the Golden Falcons (3-3, 2-2).

OLEAN (46)

Hoffman 1 1 3, Bohdanowycz 1 2 4, Tingley 4 2 12, Meat 4 3 12, Rivera 6 1 15. Totals 16 9 46.

3-point goals–Delaney, RMarkham 2, Bailey, Tingley 2, Meat, Rivera 2.

FALCONER (56)

Delaney 4 1 10, RMarkham 7 6-6 22, Carlson 1 0 2, Parmentier 3 3 9, Bailey 3 0 7, Wood 0 0 0, ZMarkham 2 2 6. Totals 20 12 56.

Olean 18 9 5 13 1 — 46

Falconer 9 15 11 10 11 — 56

EAGLES FLY FROM PIRATES

CLYMER — Nick Jacobson scored 20 points, dished eight assists, grabbed four steals and four rebounds to lead Chautauqua Lake past Clymer 60-51 in Division 2.

Trent Houser scored 15 points and a block for the Eagles (3-2, 3-1), Nate Henry added 11 with two steals and Brendan Klossner grabbed 15 boards and made five assists.

Carson White scored a game-high 25 points, grabbed eight boards, three steals and made two blocks for Clymer (1-3, 1-2). Kameron Einink added four rebounds, five steals and a block, Roman Wassink made five rebounds and three assists and Jo Beckerink collected six rebounds with a block.

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE (60)

Jacobson 5 7 20, Henry 4 1 11, Fairbank 1 0 3, Houser 7 1 15, YAbuhmedian 2 1 5, Klossner 2 2 6. Totals 21 12 60.

CLYMER (51)

White 9 2 25, Gomez 1 0 2, BBeckerink 1 0 3, Einink 3 0 8, Johnson 1 0 3, Wassink 2 0 4, JBeckerink 0 0 0, Mitchell 2 2 6. Totals 19 4 51.

3-point goals–Jacobson 3, Henry 2, Fairbank, White 5, BBeckerink, Einink 2, Johnson.

Chautauqua Lake 16 11 14 19 — 60

Clymer 10 15 8 18 — 51

STRONG 3RD PROPELS WILDCATS

SHERMAN — Jacob Ferranto scored 17 points, grabbed nine boards, made three steals, and dealt four blocks and three assists to lead Sherman past Brocton 50-41 in Division 2.

Carson Pinzok reeled in 16 boards, scored 8, made three assists and had two blocks for the Wildcats (2-3, 1-2), Logan Swan collected six rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block and Troy Chambers had six boards.

Brocton (1-4, 0-2) was led by Michael Garcia with 14 points and Jeremy Weisner provided 10.

BROCTON (41)

Miller 1 0 3, Garcia 4 4 14, Morello 1 0 3, Laurito 4 0 8, Weisner 4 2 10, Cruz 1 0 3. Totals 14 6 41.

SHERMAN (50)

Pinzok 3 2 8, DeKoning 2 0 5, Cook 3 0 8, Kopta 1 3 5, Chambers 0 0 0, Swan 3 1 7, Persons 0 0 0, Ferranto 5 4 17. Totals 17 10 50.

3-point goals–Miller, Garcia 2, DeKoning, Cook 2, Ferranto 3.

Brocton 15 4 10 12 — 41

Sherman 10 5 20 14 — 50

TROJANS EARN FIRST WIN

WEST ELLICOTT — Eight different players from Southwestern landed on the scoresheet as the Trojans defeated Frewsburg 46-37 in nonleague competition.

Brody Larson, Landon Hooks and Bradyn Fuller scored 8 points each to lead Southwestern (1-3 0-2 CCAA D1).

Frewsburg (1-1) was led by Taran Laska with 16 points and seven rebounds, Blake Weaver scored 10, grabbed nine boards and nine steals, Trent Lewis dished four assists with four steals and Kael Collver dealt two blocks with six boards.

FREWSBURG (37)

Lewis 2 0 5, Weaver 3 4 10, Eckert 1 0 2, Fischer 0 0 0, Laska 5 4 16, JCollver 1 0 2, KCollver 1 0 2. Totals 13 8 37.

SOUTHWESTERN (46)

Fuller 4 0 8, Hooks 4 0 8, Young 2 0 4, Harnett 2 2 6, Waite 3 1 7, Larson 3 0 8, Kidder 0 1 1, Milner 2 0 4. Totals 20 4 46.

3-point goals–Lewis, Laska 2, Larson 2.

Frewsburg 12 6 9 10 — 37

Southwestern 12 19 3 12 — 46

WARRIORS RUN AWAY FROM ‘BILLIES

SALAMANCA — After leading Salamanca 19-16 at halftime, Fredonia was outscored 25-5 in the third quarter to fall 60-37 in Division 1.

Avery Brown paced the Warriors (2-0, 2-0) with 12 points, while nine different players impacted the scoresheet.

RJ Koopman led Fredonia (3-2, 1-1) with 12 points, two assists, two steals and a block, Luca Gullo and Donovan Dowdy had six rebounds each, Ashton Putney made four rebounds and two steals and Brennan Lincoln made four boards and a block.

GATORS POWER PAST MARAUDERS

ALLEGANY — Carson Kwiatkowski scored 24 points to lead Allegany-Limestone past Dunkirk 56-33 in Division 1.

Gavin Straub added another 13 points for the Gators (4-0, 2-0) as they remained undefeated.

Dunkirk (1-2, 1-1) was led by K’Vion Tell with 13 points and Greg Orcutt scored 11.

BLACK KNIGHTS PULL AWAY

NORTH COLLINS — Simon White poured in 25 points with five assists, six steals and seven rebounds to lead Silver Creek past North Collins 62-32 in nonleague play.

Silver Creek (3-0) turned a halftime tie into a dominant victory, receiving 16 points, six boards and two steals from Brady Eick. Travis Brennan added six rebounds and five assists, Alan Hoelzle dished five blocks and two steals and Gavin Delong collected five rebounds.

North Collins falls to 1-3 overall with the loss.

RUFF, WARRIOR POWER PANTHERS

GOWANDA — Logan Ruff and Trelin Warrior both scored 26 points to lead Gowanda past Springville-Griffith in nonleague action.

With the game tied 30-30 at halftime, the Panthers (2-2) put on the burners to pull away from the Griffins (2-3) in the second half outscoring them 37-23 for the 67-53 final.